This site is the website of motivational speaker Craig Harper. A constantly updated, one-stop information, inspiration, education and motivation station. Unlike many similar sites, it is a totally free resource for anyone who is serious about moving from mediocre to amazing in any area of their personal or professional life. With hundreds of articles covering a wide range of subject matter, great interviews with cool people and inspirational video posts, there's more than enough brain-food to keep you busy for hours. Okay, days!! Enjoy.
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Craig Harper is Australia's leading
motivational speaker
and educator (according to Google Australia). He is a highly
sought-after corporate coach and is considered to be
a leader and pioneer in the areas of personal and
professional development.
Working with hundreds of
teams, companies and a wide variety of organisations
on numerous continents over the last twenty years
has given Craig a unique insight into, and
understanding of, human performance and all its
variables. Craig has an ability to educate, inspire,
challenge and make people laugh all at the same
time!
I have some good news for you today: you and I don't need to agree on everything for us to be friends. Phew, that's a relief. Now we can all relax and sleep easy. I feel better. You? In fact, I hope we don't always agree because if we do, that means at least one of us is living a lie, compromising our beliefs and being a people pleaser. My friendship with you is not dependant on agreement, compliance or identical beliefs so you can breathe a sigh of relief and continue being your weird, dysfunctional and non-conforming self. As will I. I'll accept you and respect you anyway. I'll even listen to your stupid ideas and tolerate your obviously flawed philosophy (wink). The good news for us weirdos is that there really is no 'weird' because there really is no 'normal'. Nice to know.
Relative Weirdness
Of course there is relative weirdness but not absolute weirdness because all weirdos are normal somewhere. And all normal people are weird somewhere else. That's kinda liberating isn't it? You weirdo.
Anyway...
Human Cloning. Kind of.
My friends challenge me, question me and disagree with me on a regular basis. As I do with them. Thankfully, I'm always right (another wink). I find it sad to see so many people who surround themselves with people who are just like them. It must somehow make them feel comfortable, confident and connected. If not, common. And just below the surface, compromised. Wow, that's a lot of C's. As a result, we see groups of clones (another C) who dress the same, talk the same, think the same, act the same and eventually, are the same. Publicly anyway. Wow, what a crap existence that would be. Even one Craig Harper is almost too many for the world. Just ask my parents. We really don't need a gang of Craigs roaming the planet. I annoy the crap out of me already. Acceptance into these cliques is usually dependant on compliance with group thinking, group behaviour and group standards.
An Unconditional Welcome
By the way, you're welcome on my site, welcome to be part of our on-line community, welcome to share your thoughts and welcome to be my cyber-friend no matter who you are or what you believe. All I require from you is courtesy, respect and a certain level of positivity. And you'll get the same from me. I may not always agree with you or buy into your philosophy (as you won't with mine) but I will respect you, consider your thoughts and enjoy your friendship nonetheless. True friendships are unconditional which is why a conditional friendship is not in fact a friendship, but an arrangement.
How Relationships Develop
Imagine a world where we all formed and developed our personal relationships based on things like personality, nature, spirit and natural connection (with that person), rather than common religious beliefs, identical thinking, mutual life philosophy, age, appearance, academic background, occupation, social status, financial situation, sexual orientation, skin colour or where we were born; kind of like young kids do... until they 'learn' how dangerous that kind of non-judgemental behaviour can be. It's a good thing we clever grown-ups can pass on all our issues, fears and intolerance to the next generation. Not.
Ticking Boxes
Consciously or not, intentionally or not, all too often our friends need to meet certain criteria to become part of our group. Why don't we hang out more with people who aren't like us? Well, perhaps we should but many of us avoid, or are critical of what we don't know, don't understand or are not familiar with. I had a conversation recently with a bloke who was being particularly scathing (I mean vicious) of a mutual friend and the religion she has recently become involved in. When I asked him what he knew about that religion (philosophy, theology, beliefs, teaching, history, principles, values), he mumbled some moronic answer because the truth was he actually knew nothing about the group of people he was criticising. The basis of his attack seemed to be fear. Fear of what he didn't understand. We humans do that. Pity. Imagine if we could replace the fear-based criticism (and widespread violence and hatred) with unconditional acceptance of each other's differences. That doesn't mean we need to share common beliefs and thinking (of course), but rather that we can accept, appreciate, respect and even love other people, despite our obvious and numerous differences. When I suggested (to Mr Nasty) that perhaps it's not a good idea for him to be publicly critical of something he knows nothing about, he turned his ignorant venom towards me. Of course he did. Hug anyone? Tolerance anyone?
Instant Relief
When we realise and accept that we will never please everyone, it can be something of a relief. Life instantly gets easier; both emotionally and practically when we let go of the need to please, conform, compromise, blend and be the same. It's not only liberating and empowering but potentially, transformational.
It's Okay; We're all Dysfunctional.
A few years ago I trained a lady who was a very successful psychologist. She produced great results with her clients/patients, was always in demand and had an outstanding reputation. Deservedly. One day, after working with her for a few weeks and getting to know her a little, I sensed that something was wrong. This particular day she seemed distracted, withdrawn and almost depressed. "How could she possibly be depressed or have emotional problems; she's the guru?", I asked myself. On a whim, I decided to take our training session outdoors so that we could have some privacy to chat if need be. Good decision Craig. What was to follow blew my socks off. Her one hour workout, turned into a two hour therapy session, with me being the therapist. Clearly, being a talented psychologist and having a great theoretical understanding of how us weird humans work (whoops, there is no weird) doesn't automatically translate to a lack of personal issues, problems or destructive habits. That day was liberating for me because for the first time I truly understood that we are all works in progress (yes, every single person on the planet), we're all flawed, we're all insecure about something and we're all dysfunctional on some level. Was she effective as a psychologist? Very. Did she battle with her own issues as much as anyone else? Yep. When we switch our goal from perfection (unachievable and unhealthy) to improvement (practical and healthy), we instantly take a huge amount of that self-created pressure off ourselves. For far too long (in my thirties) I privately felt that I shouldn't be a personal development speaker or writer because I didn't 'have it all together' and I hadn't 'figured it all out'. What a relief it was to let go of that self-limiting, self-imposed paradigm.
Enjoy your dysfunction... x
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